Windshield-glass-retaining clip



T. F. EUSTACE WINDSHIELD GLASS RETAINING CLIP Filed Jan. 18, 1924 Patented June 2, 1925. i

THOMAS F. EUSTACE,

or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WINDSHIELD-GLASSeRETAINING CLIP.

Application fi1ed January 18, 1924. Serial No. 687,127.

To all 1071 om it vita-y concern:

Be it known that THOMAS F. EUs'rAoE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, inthe' county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVindshield-Grlass- Retaining Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a windshield glass retaining clip and is designed for use as a substitute for. the usual screws and such fasteners by which the glass is retained in its frame or sash.

An object is to provide a clip which will reliablyretain the glass in place and at the same time be readily removable for replacement of glass.

It is likewise an object to provide a clip which may be readily attached and detached without resorting to the use of special or other tools.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode I.

of operation may be readily understood by persons skilled in the art, I have in the accompanying illustrative drawingsand in the following detailed description based thereon set out one possible embodiment of the same.

In these drawings:

Fig. 1. is a front elevation of a section of a sash showing my clips in dotted lines.

Fig. 2. is a detail showing the relative position of the glass and clip.

Fig. 3. is a horizontal section on the plane of line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Fig. i. is a side elevation of the clip.

Fig. 5. is an end elevation of the clip, and

Fig. 6. is a view of the other end.

Ordinarily, the glass, particularly in Windshields is held in place by screws or similar fasteners, with the. result that considerable time and labor is necessary in the assembly and additional time wasted where a broken glass is to be replaced by a new one. lVith the use of this clip these objections are overcome and a simple and inexpensive glass retainer is provided.

Having more particular reference to the drawings throughout which similar characters of reference designate similar parts, this windshield glass retaining clip may be broadly stated as comprising a block engageable with the lower edge of the glass and carrying a spring finger for engagement with the sash or frame, whereby the glass is held against accidental displacement.

iVhile the clip may be employed in a number of differently constructed sashes, I show, for illustration of the principle, a glass G'mounted in a sash or frame F, this frame being formed of sheet metal folded to provide a pair of ways or channels IV, one being U-shaped in cross section and receiving one edge' of the glass.v A packing is arranged in the U-shaped channel to provide proper connection between the glass and its sash. As shown, thereis no bottom bar on the sash and the lower ends of the end bars are open to permit of easy assembly and use of my clip. The lower end of each end wall is cut away and providedupon its inner face with a block B which serves to limit the inward movement of the clip and to engage a spring finger whereby accidental removal of the clip is provided. Thelower end of the dividing wall between the channels is cut away and co-acts with the aforementioned block in limiting the inward movement of the clips.

Each clip consists of a block having a groove or channel to receive a portion of one edge of the glass and its packing strip and a spring finger to provide means for retaining the block in a predetermined relative position to the sash or frame of the windshield. Preferably, though notl necessarily, this block is substantially Lshaped,

the base portion 7 being channeled orgrooved to form a pocket 8 in which a portion of the lower edge of a and its packing strips are arranged. The inner end of this pocket is vertically alined with the inner face of the vertlcal portion of the clip. The lower outer edge of the clip is,

enlarged to provide a shoulder or stop 9 which together with the inner upper edge of the base portion 7 serve to limit the inward movement of the clip through abutting the cut-away ends of the frame or sash. Adjaoent the upper end of the clip a bevelled shoulder or boss 10 is formed and supports a flat spring finger 11, said finger being secured in place by means of a rivet 12 or other fastening element.

This bevelled shoulder directs the free end of the spring away from the vertical portion of the clip and creates a space or recess 13 in which the spring may move when this clip is being moved into engagement with the glass and its frame or sash. The lower edge of the base port-ion of the clip is enlarged to provide a pair of oppositely directed ribs or flanges 14 which serve as finger pieces for use in removing the clip and in addition serve to present a finished positioning a glass in the frame, and sl ding the clips into the frame until the fingers snap over the shoulders or stops. The means for ren'iovalwas set out in the pre= ceding paragraph. 7

Certain changes in the minor details of construction may be resorted to and such changes as fall within the scope of. the appended claims I consider my invention.

1 claim:

. 1. A windshield glass retaining clip comprising a substantially L-shaped member, one portion of said member being adapted for engagement with an edge of the glass, the other arm being engageable with the windshield frame and spring means for retaining said other arm and windshield frame inter-engaged.

2. A windshield glass retaining clip comprising a substantially L-shaped member, one portion of said member being adapted for engagement with an edge of the glass, the other arm being engageable with the windshield frame and retractable spring means for removably inter-connecting said other arm and the windshield frame.

3. A windshield glass retaining clip comprising a substantially L-shaped' member,

one portion of said member being adapted for engagement with an edge 'of the glass, the other armbeing engageable with the windshield frame, a spring finger carried by said other arm and adapted for engagement with the windshield frame.

4. The combination with a windshield including a hollow frame and a glass slid-i able thereinto through an open side; of a clip, a portion of the clip being slidable into the frame, spring means for retaining inter-connect the arm and frame, the other arm being engaged with one edge of the glassto retain the same in its frame;

6. The combination with a windshield including a hollow frame and a. glass slidable thereinto, through an open side; a substantially L-shapcd clip, one arm of the clip being slidable into the frame, a spring finger carried by the arm and adapted to i inter-connect the arm and frame, and a shoulder formeo upon the frame to engage the spring finger, said frame having an opening to permitretraction of the spring finger, and the other arm being engaged with one edge of the glass to retain the same in' its frame.

In testimony whereof, I aifi-X my signature.

THOMAS F. EUSTAOE. 

